Cheeks Quote by Alexander Weinstein

When you mimic everyone, sometimes authority figures really don't appreciate it which is not an original story. And pretty much every comedian has some…

— Hank Azaria

I think in reading a few sentences of text you can just tell the tone, and that's something I love in prose writers.

— Lauren Mayberry

The thing a writer has to avoid is being the 'voice' of his people and pretending he can speak for them.

— Derek Walcott

I think if you write humor, then people don't - you know - they don't give you that much credit. They tend to think…

— David Sedaris

The thing you realize pretty quickly, though, is that being in front of an audience whose job it is to laugh is a big…

— Eric McCormack

There's this message to comedians in particular, that you shouldn't write it, and a television writer should write it. And that's a prevailing conventional…

— Jim Gaffigan

Writers are not mere copyists of language; they are polishers, embellishers, perfecters. They spend hours getting the timing right so that what they write…

— Louis Menand

I believe that the way someone speaks and acts tells their story. You can read a person from cover to cover upon appearance and…

— Anonymous

I do sometimes miss doing that lighter, more humorous work, and I find there's a heavier responsibility that goes along with a literary reputation.…

— Alison Bechdel

It's too easy to unconsciously echo another novelist's voice while reading fiction, a habit of mimicry I probably picked up as a musician.

— Greg Iles

I'm a writer; I like to retain subtlety and nuance.

— Lois Lowry

I try and write satire that's well-intentioned. But those intentions have to be hidden. It can't be completely clear, and that's what makes it…

— Bo Burnham